Toponymy

//təˈpɒ.nɪˌmi//

Synonyms for "toponymy" (14 found)

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More general

5 entries

Synonyms

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coordinate

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

42 translations across 27 languages.

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Armenian

2 entries
  • տեղանվանագիտություն noun (study of place names)
  • տոպոնիմիկա noun (study of place names)

Catalan

1 entries
  • toponímia noun (study of place names)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 地名学 noun (study of place names)
  • 地名學 noun (study of place names)

Danish

1 entries
  • toponymi noun (study of place names)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • loknomstudo noun (study of place names)
  • toponimio noun (study of place names)

Estonian

1 entries
  • toponüümia noun (study of place names)

Finnish

2 entries
  • paikannimitutkimus noun (study of place names)
  • toponomastiikka noun (study of place names)

French

1 entries
  • toponymie noun (study of place names)

Galician

1 entries
  • toponimia noun (study of place names)

German

4 entries
  • Ortsnamenforschung noun (study of place names)
  • Ortsnamenkunde noun (study of place names)
  • Toponomastik noun (study of place names)
  • Toponymie noun (study of place names)

Greek

1 entries
  • τοπωνυμιολογία noun (study of place names)

Hindi

1 entries
  • स्थाननामिकी noun (study of place names)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • örnefnafræði noun (study of place names)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • toponimi noun (study of place names)

Irish

1 entries
  • logainmníocht noun (study of place names)

Italian

1 entries
  • toponimia noun (study of place names)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 地名学 noun (study of place names)

Korean

1 entries
  • 지명학 noun (study of place names)

Malay

1 entries
  • toponimi noun (study of place names)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • stedsnavnsforskning noun (study of place names)
  • stedsnavnsgransking noun (study of place names)
  • toponymi noun (study of place names)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • stadnamnforsking noun (study of place names)
  • stadnamngransking noun (study of place names)
  • toponymi noun (study of place names)

Occitan

1 entries
  • toponimia noun (study of place names)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • toponímia noun (study of place names)

Russian

1 entries
  • топони́мика noun (study of place names)

Swedish

4 entries
  • geografisk onomatologi noun (study of place names)
  • ortnamnsforskning noun (study of place names)
  • toponomastik noun (study of place names)
  • toponymi noun (study of place names)

Tamil

1 entries
  • இடப்பெயர் ஆய்வு noun (study of place names)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • địa danh học noun (study of place names)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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All the toponymy of Israel is Jewish.

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The pre-Columbian aborigines of Porto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba were Arawaks, to judge from the toponymy of these islands.

Source: tatoeba (11026543)

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